John murray guilbert



(No Model.)

J. M. GUILBERT.

CURTAIN RING.

No. 505,625. Patented Sept. 26,1893

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MURRAY GUILBERT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASS IGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HENRY HEPBURN BARNUM, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CURTAIN-RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 505,625, dated September 26, 1893.

Application filed December 16 1892. Serial No. 455,340- (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN MURRAY GUIL- BERT, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Curtain-Rings, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a curtain ring which is adapted to be opened so as to be readily applied to and removed from a supporting pole, said ring being formed of a sheet metal tube with projecting pieces on the ends integral therewith, pierced and turned radially forming the fastening eyes of the mug.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a curtain ring embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a view of a detached portion thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

Referring to the drawings: A designates a ring which is divided as at B, whereby it may be opened, as shown in dotted lines Fig. 1, so as to be fitted upon or removed from the pole C, the latter also being shown in dotted lines.

On the ends of the ring are eyes D through which the hook or pin E is passed, whereby the ring is prevented from separating, and when placed upon a pole it will be found that a curtain may be nicely suspended therefrom. The ring is formed of a tube of metal or other suitable material, and pieces at the ends of the same are turned down and perforated or punched out, thus forming the eyes D, as will be seen in Figs. 1 and 2. When the hook or pin is removed from the eyes, the ring may be bent or twisted in such manner that its ends separate sufficiently to remove the ring from the pole, after which it is bent back to its normal position, so that the eyes come together and the hook or pin may be inserted into or connected with the same, whereby the ring is held in closed position on the pole, it beipg evident that the pole may remain a fixture, and need not be disturbed for the purpose of applying to or removing therefrom one or all of the rings by which the curtain is suspended.

It will be seen that the rings may be handled without presenting shoulders or edges between the ends, and they may be packed flat side by side. The eyes are strong and durable and are connected with the body of the ring without the use of solder, rivets or other fastening.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, a tubular curtain ring formed of a single piece of sheet metal having perforated radial projections on its ends, integral therewith, forming the fastening eyes.

JOHN MURRAY GUILBERT.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, A. P. JENNINGS. 

